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Walking in faith

By Jamie Shafer   Her path to leadership has been a natural progression over the years, stemming from her deep roots of faith. Karen Alter, named in 2011 as a principal in Borshoff, a leading Indianapolis based public relations and advertising agency, grew up in a strong Christian home with family members who served as […]

The Lesson and Life — for August 26

By Tom Warner   Madelyn, our newest granddaughter, is just 6 months old. She’s beautiful, adorable, sweet, cute, precious, and more. Yet, she is pitifully helpless, requiring constant attention, needing someone with her, or at least nearby, every minute. Fortunately for her, everyone in her life loves giving her all that attention. But if she […]

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In the World — August 19, 2012

By Christy Barritt   Global Warming Skeptics and Believers Equally as Smart A new survey has shown that those skeptical about climate change are just as intelligent as those who aren’t. This was the result of a new study from the journal Nature Climate Change. The study asked 1,540 Americans science questions like, “Electrons are […]

Born to grow

By Shawn McMullen   Ree and I recently became grandparents. In April of this year our daughter Kyla and her husband Eddie became the proud parents of twins, a boy and a girl. Samuel (his name means, “I asked the Lord for him”) and Eliana (meaning, “The Lord heard”) are doing well and changing almost […]

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Woven for a Purpose

By Tonja Talley   The parents of a 12-month-old child were told by doctors that a disease called cystic fibrosis (CF) would take their child’s life within four years. My parents received the news in 1962—the day before Father’s Day. Like 30,000 other people in the United States, I was born with CF. A devastating, […]